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A Study of women's position among the Garo
Man in India • 45 (1) • Published In 1965 • Pages: 27-36
By: Goswami, M. C., Majumdar, Dhirendra Narayan.
Abstract
In this paper, Goswami and Majumdar argue that in spite of Garo society being matrilineal, women are no more powerful than their sisters in patrilineal societies. Descent, inheritance, family succession, and residence are reckoned matrilineally, however, real power is invested in the group of matrilineally related males, or CHRA. Although women inherit property, men manage it. Women are not involved in decision-making on the village level. A man's word is final in the home and village. A woman is expected to show respect to all male elders and must seek CHRA approval if she wants to divorce her husband. According to the authors, all spirits are male-like. The authors present three cases of marital discord.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1999
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- South Asia
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard ; 1998
- Field Date
- 1953-1964
- Coverage Date
- 1953-1964
- Coverage Place
- Garo Hills Autonomous District, Maghalaya State, India
- Notes
- M. C. Goswami ; D. N. Majumdar
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 35)
- LCCN
- sa 64000670
- LCSH
- Garo (Indic people)